The plane was chased by military jets before crashing into a small island in the Puget Sound, according to local officials. INVESTIGATORS WORKED TO find out how a “suicidal” airline employee stole an empty Horizon Air turboprop plane, took off from Sea-Tac International Airport and crashed into a small island in the Puget Sound after being chased by military
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Over 1,000 Ryanair flights were cancelled across Europe today. A FIFTH DAY of strike action affected Ryanair flights across Europe today.
Pilots from Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Belgium are all taking part in the industrial action.
All customers affected by the cancellations were notified by email or text message with many offered new flights
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More than €100,000 was raised to help pay for Anna’s surgery in St Louis. FOLLOWING A HUGELY successful fund-raising drive, a seven-year-old girl from Cork is travelling to the United States for life changing surgery to tackle her cerebral palsy.
Anna Browne from Mallow set off for St Louis, Missouri, from Shannon Airport this morning accompanied by her family
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Early reports suggest it may have been caused by an exploding tanker. THERE HAS BEEN a large explosion near Bologna Airport in northern Italy.
Multiple videos and photos have been uploaded to social media showing the aftermath of the explosion, which sent flames and thick black smoke high into the air.
The local municipal police tweeted that there had been an explosion
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The money was found when a UK national in her thirties was searched. JOSIE THE DETECTOR dog helped Revenue to find nearly €100k in cash in a person’s belongings as she was travelling through Dublin Airport this week.
Yesterday, Revenue officers seized €90,000 in cash when they stopped and searched a UK national in her thirties travelling to Amsterdam
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The helicopter was operated by Russian national airline Utair. MOSCOW HAS SAID 18 people have been killed after a helicopter crashed on its way to an oil station in northern Siberia in the early hours of the morning.
The Russian Transport Ministry said the Mi-8 helicopter carrying three crew members and 15 passengers crashed when it collided with machinery

A man has been taken into custody in connection with the incident. AN AIR CHINA flight from Paris to Beijing turned back 30 minutes after take-off due to a terrorism threat that subsequently turned out to be a false alarm, according to French authorities.
Air China had said earlier that flight CA876 returned to Paris after the airline “received suspected
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Many of the eggs recovered on 26 June have now hatched. AN IRISH MAN is due in court today on charges for attempting to smuggle 19 eggs from rare and endangered bird of prey.
Jeffery Paul Lendrum (56) who had been living in Johannesburg, South Africa, was arrested by Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport on 26 June.
The eggs in his possession were from African
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We’ve heard of autism-friendly shops, but a new initiative goes even further. A number of shops and businesses across Ireland have rolled out initiatives to make them more autism-friendly but this is the first time a town-wide programme has been launched.
AsIAm, an autism advocacy organisation, is working with the local SuperValu store to make the Cork town more accessible

There were delays and flight diversions as a result of the incident. THE MAIN RUNWAY at Cork Airport has reopened tonight after a private plane was removed from the area.
There were delays to departures this afternoon as a result of the incident. Several departing flights were cancelled and at least four incoming flights were diverted to Shannon.
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